Can holder



PateniedAu 9,1927;

THOMAS nooomon LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. p

can HOLDER.

Application filed May 5,

v This invention relates to devices for holding containers, and is useful in facilitating the withdrawal of the contents from containers. A J

An object of this invention is the provision of .a device adapted to tilt a container 'to facilitate the withdrawal of the contents from-the container. v c

'Another object of this invention is the provision of asimple, economical, durable and efficient holder forcontainers.

' With the foregoing objects in View, as-

gether with such other objects and 'advantages as may subsequently appear,this inl I s V ventlon consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafterfdescribed and claimed and, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: 7

' Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of bodiment of my invention, a I

an cm- Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1, showing 7 the device holding'a can, and V has Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the pivotal mounting employed in my device.

-Referr1ng to the drawings for a more detailed description thereof, the numerals 5 indicate 2l 'p2LlI' of bed strips which are-secured together by an X-brace 6. A standard 7 is mounted on each of the bed strips 5, and are alike in construction. The standard 7 7 comprises a pair of uprightmembers 8 having foot portions 9 which are secured tothe bed strips '5 by fastening means 10. The members 8 are connected together by means of a member 11' which has turned-down portions 12 which are secured to the members 8 by means of fasteners 13. An upright member 14 is secured to the bed strip 5'and the transverse member 11 medially the members 8. Across fitting 15 is interposed bef tween the members 8 at the top thereof of each standard andis secured to'the members 8 by means of screws 16.

. A container-receivlng member 17, being an open frame, is pivotally mounted in the fittings 15,and comprises a square upper A can holder comprising pair of standards, each having a pair of subname to this specification.

1924. Serial mam-1'.

frame 18 anda lower frame 19, these'two frames belng spaced apart by vertical bars '20. -.;strips 21 are provided on the lower frame 19 tofsupporta can 22, shown in Fig.

'2. 7 Vertical rods 23 are-secured to the frames 18 and 19Vand are bentover outwardly at their upper ends, forming horizontal portions 24:, shown in Fig. 3. The portions 2 L pass through the cross fittings 15 and" are plvotally mounted therein; The frame or cradle 17 is thu-sfadaptedto beirocked,-and

it will be appreciated that the ca'n22may be readily and conveniently tilted to withdraw a part or all of the contentsfrom the can. This invention has been described, but

modificationsthereoffmay be devised'with-; out departing from the spirit thereof, and

.it is to be understood that such'modificationsj come-within the scopeof I this invention. What is'claimed is'zjstantially upright members connected at their lower ends by a bed strap and having a cross-shaped fitting member secured "to their upper ends, one of thevbars of feach fitting member havingan aperture and each standard having'a. transverse member be-" tween the upright members below thefitting, a vertical member connecting the trans-' verse member and the bed strap, a cross brace 'connectingthepair of bedstra V cradle having anupper frame and a lower frame, said frames extending completely around the "upper" and lower peripheryf} the cradle, upright bars connecting said frames, and a pair of said bars at opposite 85 1 per frame and "each having alateral bent v i aperture in the sides of the cradle extendingabove the up-v portion j-ournaledin each cross-shaped fitting member. 1

In testimony whereof I have s1gnedmyin combination a 

